Episode 6: Philadelphia: The Most American of Cities

Episode 6: Philadelphia: The Most American of Cities

The first of four programs on the immigration of southern and eastern Europeans to the city in the decades surrounding the turn of the twentieth century, including their reasons for immigrating, journeys to Philadelphia, expectations, and first impressions.

Charles Hardy

I Remember When: Times Gone but not Forgotten

Dec 21, 1982

I REMEMBER WHEN: TIMES GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN was written and produced by Charles Hardy III and broadcast on Fresh Air Funding for this series was made possible by grants from The Pennsylvania Humanities Council, the Colonial Penn Group, the Margaret Dorrance Strawbridge Foundation, and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation. “Fresh Air with Terry Gross is produced at WHYY in Philadelphia and distributed by NPR. Podcasts are available at www.npr.org/podcasts and at iTunes.”

35’30”